High-speed train started running three times daily on the route between Tashkent and Bukhara cities of Uzbekistan from January 17, the press service of state Uzbekistan Railways company reported. The train departs for Bukhara from the Tashkent railway station at 8:30 AM (GTM+5) every day. The return train to Bukhara is at 15:27. Previously, the…
A situation when Latvia may commence cooperation with China in the field of carrying railway freight seems very close, says state joint-stock company Latvian Railway (LDz) Chairman of the Board Maris Kleinbergs. He said in the last decade there was a lot of talk about the opportunity of carrying Chinese freight through Latvia and there…
Due to the continued high rate of inflation, rental prices, which have been rising since last spring, are set to continue this upward trend through 2022, particularly in Estonia’s two primary cities, Tallinn and Tartu, some experts say. Rentals in smaller towns will see a more modest rate of rise this year, though could even…
In 2021, 363.5 thousand tons of sugar were produced in Vinnytsia region, compared to 264 thousand tons in the previous season. Last year, 2.4 million tons of sugar beets were harvested in the region, the average yield of which amounted to 494 hundredweights/ha, up by 80.5 hundredweights/ha. Raw materials were processed at five sugar factories:…
Ukrainian banks issued 9,700 mortgage loans worth UAH 7.9 billion in January-November 2021, according to another survey of banks on the volume of mortgage loans granted to the population. “In total, in the first 11 months of 2021, banks issued 9,700 mortgage loans totaling UAH 7.9 billion. Compared to the same period of the previous…
LTG Link, the passenger transportation arm of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), is planning to sign in the third quarter of 2022 a contract worth over 200 million euros to purchase new electric trains. The state-owned railway group said train manufacturers had submitted their first offers in the public procurement procedure, but it did not…
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $14.31 billion in 2021, up by 25.6% YoY, express data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The value of exports grew by 26.9% and equaled $4.24 billion, while imports increased by 25.1%, reaching $10 billion. The trade deficit totaled $5.83 billion, and its share in trade…